Comments on: Ed Brinkman http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/ Voice of the Mathematically Eliminated Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:11:07 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: shealives http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-11358 shealives Tue, 27 Jul 2010 21:39:54 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-11358 Brinkman played at a time when teams greatly valued steady glove men at short who couldn't hit worth a damn, i.e. Harrelson, Belanger, Metzger, the early years of Bowa. What a beautiful time to follow MLB. Also, the talk of the'73 All-Star game reminds me of how everyone seemed to love the AS game back when one game could include Seaver, Yaz, Bench, Jackson, Rose, Carlton, Aaron, Mays, Gibson, Morgan, Schmidt, Brett. But my favorite All-star memory was the '76 game when Kingman came out wearing white spikes. That was cool! Brinkman played at a time when teams greatly valued steady glove men at short who couldn’t hit worth a damn, i.e. Harrelson, Belanger, Metzger, the early years of Bowa. What a beautiful time to follow MLB. Also, the talk of the’73 All-Star game reminds me of how everyone seemed to love the AS game back when one game could include Seaver, Yaz, Bench, Jackson, Rose, Carlton, Aaron, Mays, Gibson, Morgan, Schmidt, Brett. But my favorite All-star memory was the ’76 game when Kingman came out wearing white spikes. That was cool!

]]> By: fredbeene http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-11357 fredbeene Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:09:46 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-11357 BRINK. I find it cool that he used blue magic marker to write BRINK on the bat. Not BRINKMAN, just BRINK. Perhaps he yearned for a nickname and self anointed himself BRINK, hoping it would catch on. I would have been happy to call him BRINK. Hey BRINK, you crushed 14 homers, hit me a fly ball way back here on what appears to be a concrete fence a mile away in the background. It looks like someone is doing windsprints between 2nd and first. The other players appear to have yellow tops. Or it could be my eyes playing tricks on me. I should wear my glasses more often like ed so proudly wears. Could that be Herb Washington doing windsprints? Would the tigers where all white and then a's yellow and white? BRINK.
I find it cool that he used blue magic marker to write BRINK on the bat. Not BRINKMAN, just BRINK.
Perhaps he yearned for a nickname and self anointed himself BRINK, hoping it would catch on.

I would have been happy to call him BRINK. Hey BRINK, you crushed 14 homers, hit me a fly ball way back here on what appears to be a concrete fence a mile away in the background.

It looks like someone is doing windsprints between 2nd and first. The other players appear to have yellow tops. Or it could be my eyes playing tricks on me. I should wear my glasses more often like ed so proudly wears. Could that be Herb Washington doing windsprints? Would the tigers where all white and then a’s yellow and white?

]]> By: fredbeene http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-11356 fredbeene Tue, 27 Jul 2010 04:00:13 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-11356 I too remember gazing at this card in my youth, wondering, really, this guy is a baseball player? I find the 14 homeruns is an astonishing feat for this bespectacled gent who probably just got through showing the "Highways of Agony" before donning this uniform. I seriously find the 14 homers by mr. ed brinkman to me more exciting then the sosa/mcguire chase. Looks like Detroit gambled and took the bet that ed would never repeat that output as they unloaded him the next year to STL for CBG Nate Colbert!!! He was traded 2 more time that year and called it quits to focus on his drivers ed career :) More fascinating still was in 1972 he was ninth in the MVP voting just hitting above the mendoza line!!!! WTF?????? I love the 1973 all star tidbit above. It's been 3 long years since anyone has written about ed. Or mr. brinkman as i would and still feel like calling him. I felt it was time for someone else to recognize his feats. I hope it doesn't take another 3 years for someone to comment. Peace Out Ed. Had I seen you flash the peace sign I too would have thought you were the coolest! I too remember gazing at this card in my youth, wondering, really, this guy is a baseball player? I find the 14 homeruns is an astonishing feat for this bespectacled gent who probably just got through showing the “Highways of Agony” before donning this uniform.

I seriously find the 14 homers by mr. ed brinkman to me more exciting then the sosa/mcguire chase.

Looks like Detroit gambled and took the bet that ed would never repeat that output as they unloaded him the next year to STL for CBG Nate Colbert!!!
He was traded 2 more time that year and called it quits to focus on his drivers ed career :)

More fascinating still was in 1972 he was ninth in the MVP voting just hitting above the mendoza line!!!! WTF??????

I love the 1973 all star tidbit above.

It’s been 3 long years since anyone has written about ed. Or mr. brinkman as i would and still feel like calling him. I felt it was time for someone else to recognize his feats. I hope it doesn’t take another 3 years for someone to comment.

Peace Out Ed. Had I seen you flash the peace sign I too would have thought you were the coolest!

]]> By: Jason Lewis http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-84 Jason Lewis Fri, 20 Jul 2007 20:58:40 +0000 http://cardboardgods.net/2006/09/14/ed-brinkman/#comment-84 <b><a></a>1.</b>  I have but one distinct memory of Ed Brinkman, and it is totally inconsistent with the grim and mildly terrifying visage shown above. Why this would stay in my memory banks for over 30 years is beyond me, but childhood memories can be random and arbitrary, often frustratingly so. I am 7 years old. I am watching the player introductions for the 1973 All-Star game. Ed Brinkman is announced. He trots out to his spot along the baseline, grins for the tv camera and FLASHES AN HONEST-TO-GOD PEACE SIGN for all of America to see. I decided at that moment that Ed Brinkman was the coolest baseball player that didn't play for my beloved A's. I know I saw this... I swear it happened. I'd love to have it confirmed. ESPN Classic ran the '73 All-Star game a while back, but skipped the player intros. Maybe this broadcast exists somewhere in its entirety, perhaps not. I bet I'm not the only person who wishes that the Sabols had been baseball fans, and that MLB treated their film archives with some respect. Shit, I feel an off-topic rant coming on. Time for me to shut up. 1.  I have but one distinct memory of Ed Brinkman, and it is totally inconsistent with the grim and mildly terrifying visage shown above. Why this would stay in my memory banks for over 30 years is beyond me, but childhood memories can be random and arbitrary, often frustratingly so.

I am 7 years old. I am watching the player introductions for the 1973 All-Star game. Ed Brinkman is announced. He trots out to his spot along the baseline, grins for the tv camera and FLASHES AN HONEST-TO-GOD PEACE SIGN for all of America to see. I decided at that moment that Ed Brinkman was the coolest baseball player that didn’t play for my beloved A’s. I know I saw this… I swear it happened. I’d love to have it confirmed. ESPN Classic ran the ’73 All-Star game a while back, but skipped the player intros. Maybe this broadcast exists somewhere in its entirety, perhaps not. I bet I’m not the only person who wishes that the Sabols had been baseball fans, and that MLB treated their film archives with some respect. Shit, I feel an off-topic rant coming on. Time for me to shut up.

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